Draft London Plan: What we know about the London mayor’s 10-year goals
The Draft London Plan, published today, suggests City Hall will set a target of 558,000 homes to be built between 2028 and 2037.
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London mayor fails to hit revised affordable housing targets
The mayor's targets for affordable homes were reduced by 22% last year, but the new report from the GLA says he still failed to meet them.
ULEZ brought 40% reduction in air pollution deaths but 'job isn't over'
New report shows London's ULEZ saving thousands of lives every year, but toxic air from sources such as traffic, aviation and gas heating is still causing chronic illness and premature deaths across the capital.
Lewisham joins legal challenge to affordable housing quota cut
Lewisham has joined six other London councils in a legal challenge to Sadiq Khan's emergency measures policy, which reduces the affordable housing requirement on developers from 35% to 20%.
London councils must acquire empty homes to help solve housing crisis
Sam Bloomer from Shelter said that councils should acquire empty homes as a “cost-effective, green and fast” way to boost the the number of social rent homes in London.
Call to pause London City Airport expansion to assess noise impacts
Leonie Cooper, who chaired the London Assembly Environment Committee last year, said the airport expansion would be damaging to communities under the flight path.
London's housing crisis is about affordability, not supply
New research from Centre for London shows housing availability in London in 2024 was around the same as it was in 2002, indicating that supply is not the overarching issue.